Despite price increases across the entire Mac lineup, Apple still plans to launch a new Mac Studio this year, reports Bloomberg.
Apple plans to introduce a new M5 Ultra chip as the final option in the M5 family before moving on to the M6, M7, M7 Pro, and M7 Max. The M5 Ultra will be available in a new version of Mac Studio, which has not been updated since March 2025.
The Mac Studio refresh was supposed to come earlier in 2026, but Apple reportedly postponed the launch due to memory chip supply issues and price increases. In April, Bloomberg said the Mac Studio would launch around October 2026.
It’s unclear whether Apple will launch in October. The current M3 Ultra Mac Studio already has delivery estimates going through October.
The M5 Ultra chip is expected to have around 36 CPU cores and 80 GPU cores, which isn’t too far off from the M3 Ultra. The M3 Ultra has a CPU of up to 32 cores and a GPU of up to 80 cores. Apple has tested support for up to 768GB of unified memory, but supply constraints could prevent it from launching with an option for that much memory.
Apple sold the M3 Ultra Mac Studio with up to 512GB of RAM, but the 512GB model was removed in March. Apple has temporarily removed higher-tier Macs, and the current M3 Ultra Mac Studio can only be purchased with 96GB of RAM.
Even if Apple plans to release a Mac Studio with an M5 Ultra chip and 768 GB of RAM, it would be astronomically expensive. When Apple raised Mac prices today, the 96GB Mac Studio went from $3,999 to $5,299, an increase of $1,300. With 8x more RAM during the memory crunch, the “Mac Studio” could cost over $10,000.
